AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA   ON TUESDAY EVENING MAY 1, 1855.   BY THE REV. CHARLES HODGE, D.D.   BRETHREN:—We are assembled this evening as a Presbyterian Historical Society. It has occurred to me that it would not be inappropriate to discuss the question,... Continue Reading

  Seminaries and Orthodoxy: The Historical Pattern As a historian, the one thing I always try to avoid is making definitive statements about recent events: while eyewitness and participant accounts of historical happenings can make very exciting reading, they often lack the more dispassionate perspective which time and emotional distance bring in their wake.  Thus,... Continue Reading

  Christian Newswire — In a 3-0 decision the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District on August 8, 2008 reversed its earlier ruling which would have required homeschoolers to be certified teachers in order to homeschool in California.   "This is a great victory for homeschool freedom," said Michael Farris, one of... Continue Reading

  With EckhartTolle’s book, things become clearer. This is not, like The Secret, a cheap, “self-help” marketing job to make money for Tolle and his patron, Oprah Winfrey (who obviously does not need it). This measured attempt to describe how the New Spirituality meets the very deep needs of the human soul and how this... Continue Reading

  Christian Newswire — In December 2006, millions of people across the world waited in anguish to learn the fate of three climbers trapped on Mt.Hood. The massive search through the harshest storm on the mountain in more than a decade dominated news coverage. Climber Kelly James was trapped in a snow cave and made... Continue Reading

    A review of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne   Esoteric (that is, inner, hidden) spirituality is going public. The official web site of The Secret announces “a new era for humankind,” kick-started by the sale of two million copies since the book’s appearance in November, 2006. The secret kept since Babylonian times is... Continue Reading

  Note that the wrath of God is being revealed. It is not just that there will be judgment on the last day, but that there is already a foretaste of that. How is that expressed? Is it in the form of earthquakes, disasters, or blasphemers being hit by lightning? No!     The wrath... Continue Reading

The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) will present a program this fall that says the Old Testament is made-up of stories that never happened.”The Bible’s Buried Secrets” says the Bible is not true. It is scheduled to air on November 18, 2008. Producer Paula Apsell said: “…It’s (The Bible’s Buried Secrets) designed for intelligent people who... Continue Reading

The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), which was held in Jerusalem June 22-29, 2008, is a spiritual movement to preserve and promote the truth and power of the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ as the Anglicans have received it. The movement is global: it has mobilized Anglicans from around the world. Read the “Statement... Continue Reading

  Pastor Rick Warren to Host Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion and Question Candidates on Faith and the Common Good   Christian Newswire — Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, respective presumed Republican and Democratic presidential nominees, will end the primary season by making their first joint appearance of the 2008 campaign at... Continue Reading